myTouch 3G Fender Edition Gives Guitar Players A Smartphone To Love

T-Mobile's myTouch 3G may not be the latest and greatest of the Android
bunch, but it definitely falls within the "oldie but goodie" category.
If you always loved the design, but never bit on buying one for
whatever reason, HTC is providing you another reason to take one more
look. In a sweeping announcement of new holiday handsets, the one
standout phone is the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition.

Expected to launch a little later in the year, the new handset has a
guitar-inspired wood-grain finish that really sets it apart. Needless
to say, the axe-slinger in your life is apt to go nuts upon simply
seeing the finish here. Oh, and it gets better. The design change isn't
the only benefit of buying this model--there's also a 3.5mm headphone
jack. Why's that special, you ask? "Standard" myTouch 3G units have a
unique USB-esque connector that requires an adapter to use standard
3.5mm headphones. With this one, you simply plug in your headphones of
choice and rock out. It also ships with a 16GB microSD card, clearly
ready for a guitar-filled playlist.

The holiday lineup also includes the Samsung Behold II, Motorola CLIQ,
T-Mobile Tap and Nokia 3711, all of which are detailed below.

Perfect for the music lover, the T-Mobile®
myTouch™ 3G Fender™ Limited Edition is the newest in the T-Mobile
myTouch franchise. Anticipated for later this year, the myTouch 3G
Fender Limited Edition has a guitar-inspired wood-grain finish and
provides access to the growing Android Market, which now offers more
than 10,000 applications. In addition to offering the vast
personalization options and integration of Google™ services available on
the myTouch 3G, customers can also enjoy a more complete mobile media
experience with a 3.5mm headset jack, pre-installed 16GB microSD card,
and exclusive pre-loaded video and audio clips by iconic musicians.

The Samsung Behold® II, the first
Android-powered phone jointly from Samsung and T-Mobile, boasts an
impressive 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-screen display, powerful multimedia
features, and a rich Web experience including Google Search™. The Behold
II is equipped with Samsung’s exclusive cube menu providing quick access
to top features including photos, music, videos, Web browser, Amazon
MP3, and YouTube™. The Samsung TouchWiz™ user interface also allows
customers to customize their phone’s home screen to the way they use it.
To enhance their mobile experience, customers can download applications
from the Android Market using built-in support for T-Mobile’s 3G network
or Wi-Fi for fast Web browsing and download speeds. The Behold II is
expected to be available later this year.

The Motorola CLIQ™ with MOTOBLUR™ is an Android-powered device
with impressive social skills. CLIQ is Motorola’s first Android-powered
device and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR solution that
manages and integrates communications — from work e-mail to social
messaging activity — all to your home screen. Updates to contacts,
posts, messages, photos and more are streamed together and synced from
sources including Facebook®, Twitter™, MySpace®,
Gmail™, and work and personal e-mail. In addition to the unique software
experience, the CLIQ features a premium design with a full slide-out
QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1-inch HVGA full touch-screen display. An
exclusive pre-sale of the CLIQ is planned for T-Mobile customers
beginning Oct. 19, with nationwide sales expected to begin Nov. 2. Two
color options will be available, winter white and titanium, for $199.99
with a two-year service agreement.* Customers can visit http://www.T-Mobile.com/CLIQ
to register for CLIQ updates, learn more about the phone and check out a
demo of MOTOBLUR.

The T-Mobile Tap™ is a stylish touch-screen phone available in
two fashionable finishes, berry and midnight blue, and is ideal for
those wanting an attractive and affordable phone. Featuring a compact
design, the phone lets customers enjoy fast Web browsing with T-Mobile
web2goSM over T-Mobile’s 3G network, a 2 megapixel camera
with video capture and playback, music player, GPS for use with location
based services powered by TeleNav, and stereo Bluetooth® as
well as support for personal e-mail, SMS, MMS and IM. It is anticipated
that the T-Mobile Tap will be available later this year.

Fast and functional, the Nokia 3711 is a feature-rich phone
sporting a flip design with a unique hidden-until-lit external display.
With support for T-Mobile’s 3G network, customers may enjoy fast
connections browsing the Web with T-Mobile web2go. In addition, the 3711
boasts built-in GPS for use with Nokia Maps, a 2 megapixel camera with
video capture, stereo Bluetooth, and the Series 40 operating system. In
addition, the 3711 supports instant messaging and e-mail, allowing
consumers to connect with friends and family in a number of ways. The
phone is expected to be available in a sable finish in the coming weeks.

These new phones all deliver a fast and reliable connection with
T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network, which, due to rapid expansion, now
covers more than 165 million people in more than 230 cities nationwide
and, by the end of 2009, will be available to approximately 200 million
people across the U.S. In addition, T-Mobile is upgrading its 3G network
across the majority of the nationwide footprint to the faster HSPA 7.2
standard.